English
hyperpyrexiahyperpyrexia
From hyper- + pyrexia.
A compound of hyper- + pyrexia
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ ‘fire’
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Ancient Greek πῦρ ‘fire’
Ancient Greek πυρετός ‘fever’
Ancient Greek πυρεξία ‘feverishness’
Latin pyrexia
English pyrexia
Today it means
noun An excessive and unusual elevation of set body temperature greater than or equal to 41°C (105.8°F), or extremely high fever.
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